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Darren Gough
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Darren Gough

Born: 18 September 1970, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, Yorkshire
Major Teams: Yorkshire, England.
Known As: Darren Gough
Pronounced: Darren Gough
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: England v New Zealand at Manchester, 3rd Test, 1994
Latest Test:
England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, 2001

ODI Debut:
England v New Zealand at Birmingham, Texaco Trophy, 1994
Latest ODI:
England v India at Lord's, NatWest Series, 2002

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1999


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Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 23/08/2001)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   56   83  18   806   65   12.40  42.89   0   2   12   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1917.1  360  6288  228  27.57  6-42    9   0  50.4  3.27

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 13/07/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  111   71  29   455   45   10.83  62.24   0   0   17   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            1015.1   84  4380  174  25.17  5-44    7   2  35.0  4.31

FIRST-CLASS
 (1989 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  193  260  50  3379  121   16.09   1  12   41   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            5878.4 18712  707  26.46  7-28   27   3  49.8  3.18

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1990 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  296  178  56  1555   72*  12.74   0   1   52   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling            2509.2 10322  430  24.00  7-27   15   7  35.0  4.11

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Darren Gough England one-day shirt Barnsley-born fast bowler Darren Gough made his first-class debut in 1989 having joined Yorkshire on a Youth Training Scheme two years previously. He took five wickets in his first match (at Lord's) and won selection on the England Young Cricketers to the West Indies tour of 1989-90. His progress slowed after that and it was not until late 1992 that Richie Richardson, Yorkshire's overseas player at the time, helped Gough to realise his potential by advising him to concentrate on speed. In 1993 Gough won his county cap, impressing with displays of pace and aggression typified by the match figures of 10-96 he took against Somerset at Taunton. He won a place on that winter's A tour to South Africa, where he was the second top wicket-taker and showed a willingness to learn and work hard. 5-81 in the "Test" also illustrated a welcome ability to rise to the big occasion.

Gough made an immediate impression on the international scene the following summer, bowling with hostility and taking the wicket of Martin Crowe in his first over of one-day international cricket. He followed this by dismissing Mark Greatbatch with the last ball of his first over in Test cricket, although due to injury he had been forced to wait for his debut (the Third Test at Old Trafford) to finish with 4-47 and six wickets in the match. His batting showed promise early on, but his first Test innings (65 against New Zealand at Old Trafford) remains his highest score. A useful 42* at The Oval against South Africa, in partnership with Philip DeFreitas, helped turn the match England's way later on that same summer. His bright start continued in Australia. 6-65 and a flamboyant 51 at Sydney almost took England to victory, but after 20 wickets in three Tests he was diagnosed with a broken foot and had to return home. Recovery took a while, and he managed only three Tests against the West Indies the following summer, though he did take a first-class hat-trick against Kent, and 7-28 against Lancashire. His batting form also began to deteriorate as bowlers tested his technique with a barrage of short balls.

Gough failed to take a Test wicket on the tour of South Africa (1995-96), and did not feature in the Tests the following English domestic season. Consolation came in the form of a career best 121 against Warwickshire at Leeds in 1996 and the Whyte and Mackay Bowler of the Year award. It wasn't really until the Australians arrived in England for the Ashes series of 1997 that he returned to somewhere near top form, taking 16 wickets in four Tests. But then injury again intervened, preventing him from touring the West Indies in 1997-98. He came back well the next summer to help England clinch the series against South Africa. He also won the England Player of the Series award in the one-day series. Although England were subsequently outplayed in Australia, Gough performed well. At Sydney, in January 1999, he became the first English bowler to take an Ashes hat-trick since J. Hearne, at Leeds, in 1899. He was one of Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year in 1999.

Gough's wholehearted approach and obvious commitment to the cause have made him a firm favourite. He always appears to enjoy his cricket. An ever-more muscular physique increased his pace despite his relative lack of height (5'11"), and earned him the nickname "Rhino." He also acquired an excellent in-swinging Yorker, and a cleverly disguised slower-ball, often an off-spinner, making him a dangerous proposition on even the flattest of pitches, and one of the premier one-day bowlers in the world. His new-ball partnership with Andy Caddick was a significant factor in the revival of the national team under Nasser Hussain, as they formed arguably England's most potent pair since Botham and Willis. The arrival of Duncan Fletcher as England coach saw a gradual improvement in Gough's batting too. His staunch efforts at Lord's (against the West Indies) and Karachi were crucial to the side's eventual victories.

At the start of the 2000 season, Gough became one of the first ECB centrally-contracted players. As a result he managed only three first-class games for Yorkshire in the season, but the benefits for England were obvious as he stayed injury-free throughout a triumphant summer. A minority of supporters were upset by his lack of appearances, and by his decision to move his family home from Yorkshire to Buckinghamshire. Man of the Series as England beat West Indies for the first time in 31 years during the summer of 2000 (he took 25 wickets at 21.20), and Cornhill Player of the Year for 1999, he also played a crucial role as England beat Pakistan away for the first time since 1961-62 with 10 wickets on the unforgiving, flat tracks. This was the best return from a seamer and contrasted with hauls of two and three each for the series from Wasim Akram and Andy Caddick respectively. He repeated his energetic efforts on the spinners' tracks in Sri Lanka and was instrumental in England's series victory when he picked up 13 wickets in their Second and Third Test victories. He was nominated player of the series.

The summer of 2001 started well for Gough as he captured 14 wickets in the drawn two-match series against Pakistan. But the Australians were just around the corner and they made him work hard for his wickets. He still ended up as England's leading wicket-taker with 17 but they came at a cost of 38.64 apiece and he picked up just one 'five-for' in England's only win of the series at Headingley. At the end of the summer he had taken 228 Test match wickets, putting him seventh on the list of England's highest wicket-takers.

Gough surprised many by announcing at the end of the Ashes series that he would not be available for the winter tour to India, but would be happy to go to New Zealand. However, the selectors made it clear that players had to make themselves available for either both or neither, so Gough had most of the winter off. He did, however, play in the one-day series in India and New Zealand, and was England's leading wicket-taker in both. It was in New Zealand that he sustained the knee injury which all but wrecked his English summer. It required three operations, and although Gough played five games in the one-day triangular series, he broke down again soon afterwards and by the end of the season had not played Test cricket for more than a year. A calculated gamble by England's selectors in including him in the Ashes squad backfired when he was forced to return home without taking the field. Ruled out of the Ashes series and the World Cup, he admitted that he was running out of both time and options.

Gough was a talented footballer in his youth and had trials with Rotherham United. (Copyright CricInfo November 2002)

* Last Updated: Sunday, 10-Nov-2002 07:07:39 GMT


 
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